A young English poet (1)

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The burial of John Keats (1795-1821). The text on the stone doesn't actually mention his name but goes:

This grave

contains all that was Mortal,

of a

YOUNG ENGLISH POET

Who,

on his Death Bed

in the Bitterness of his Heart

at the Malicious Power of his Enemies

desired these words to be Engraven on his Tomb Stone

Here lies One

Whose name was writ in Water

Feb 24th 1821

 

(the date of his death is actually one day off - he died on the 23rd)

 

The Protestant cemetery (and sometimes even the English cemetery) in Rome, now officially named Cimitero acattolico (that is 'the non-Catholic' cemetery) has been the burial ground for non-Catholics (mostly foreigners who visited the place and died there) since at least 1738 (the date of the first known burial - that of an Oxford student named Langton). Quite a lot of famous people are buried here, and it is quite an artistic and green oasis, propped against the Aurelian walls.

 

The new official name reflects that not all here are Englishmen, nor Protestants - they just aren't (generally) Catholic.

Done